The Barnes County Historical Society Lecture Series Season 19 Presents: Dr. Diana Skroch “Otzi the Iceman” 7PM Thursday May 17t

Event Details

May 17, 2018

7:00 pm

Free

Venue

Barnes County Museum

315 Central Ave N

Valley City, ND 58072

701-845-0966

Event Description

The Barnes County Historical Society Lecture Series Season 19 Presents: Dr. Diana Skroch “Otzi the Iceman” 7PM Thursday May 17th at the Barnes County Museum.
On September 19, 1991, two Germans, Helmut and Erika Simon, were hiking in the Oetzal Alps. It had been an unusually warm summer, much of the snow at the high altitudes had disappeared, and the trail was treacherous and difficult to follow. Slowly making their way down the mountain, they stumbled onto one of the greatest discoveries of the modern age. The body that they found preserved in the ice, revealed by the melting glacier, was eventually determined to be 5300 years old—older than the pyramids, older than Stonehenge. Analysis of the body and the accompanying artefacts moved back the dates of the Copper Age and provided a wealth of new information about Neolithic man.
In 2017, Diana Skroch and Joe Stickler spent two months exploring Italy. A passionate traveler, Dr. Skroch will share photos and experiences from their visit to Italy’s northernmost province, South Tyrol-Alto Adige, and the Museum of Archaeology in Bolzano, now the Iceman’s permanent home.
Dr. Skroch has earned Bachelors’ degrees in Music, Art, and Spanish from Valley City State University; a Masters degree in Piano Performance with minor in Art from the University of North Dakota; and a PhD in Music Education and Piano Pedagogy from the University of Oklahoma. She is now a retired professor emeritus.
The public is cordially invited
All Lectures are at the Barnes County Historical Society Museum and held in conjunction with Valley City State University. They are free and open to the public.
For more information contact Wes Anderson at 701-845-0966